It’s not about caring for the criminal. It’s about the law.
Just because he’s a criminal, does not give you the right to kill him when he can no longer harm you.
The justice system is supposed to exist so the individual person doesn’t get to decide how much harm he can inflict upon somebody. Do you really want to live in a society where you can kill somebody, because he didn’t say, “hello” or looked at you funny, because that is the society you seem to want.
That is the society that exists where blood feuds happen.
You know what Jonty.... When someone is threatening me or mine, I really don’t give a good rat’s ass about your law.
“...Do you really want to live in a society where you can kill somebody, because he didn’t say, “hello” or looked at you funny, because that is the society you seem to want.”
Oh, no you don’t! That is not what she is saying, or what I’m positing, at all!
We are explaining to you, our own necessary protection!
I can’t tell when someone who appears harmless, will pop up and shoot at me!